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Marriage and Family Life
- English
It is [a] right of Nicaraguans to constitute a family. Family inheritance [patrimonio familiar], which is not subject to seizure and exempt from any public charge [carga], is guaranteed. The law will regulate and protect these rights.
... (Art. 71) - Spanish
Es derecho de los nicaragüenses constituir una familia. Se garantiza el patrimonio familiar, que es inembargable y exento de toda carga pública. La ley regulará y protegerá estos derechos.
... (Art. 71)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe law will determine the businesses and [the] establishments that, due to their special conditions, are required to provide, the worker and his family, [with] suitable housing, schools, medical assistance and [the] other services and attentions necessary for their well being. (Art. 51)
- SpanishLa ley determinará las empresas y establecimientos que, por sus condiciones especiales, quedan obligados a proporcionar, al trabajador y a su familia, habitaciones adecuadas, escuelas, asistencia médica y demás servicios y atenciones necesarias para su bienestar. (Art. 51)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. The family shall be the nucleus of society and the law shall maintain its existence and strengthen its ties;
2. The state shall protect and encourage marriage, and shall work on removing material and social obstacles that hinder it. The state shall also protect maternity and childhood, take care of young children and youth and provide the suitable conditions for the development of their talents. (Art. 20) - Arabic1الأسرة ھي نواة المجتمع ويحافظ القانون على كيانھا ويقوي أواصرھ ا
2تحمي الدولة الزواج وتشجع عليه، وتعمل على إزالة العقبات المادية والإجتماعية التي تعوقه، وتحمي الأمومة والطفولة، وترعى النشء والشباب، وتوفر لھم الظروف المناسبة لتنمية ملكاتھ م. (المادّة 20)
Marriage and Family Life
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The public institutions shall promote the ideals of democracy as guidelines in all sectors of society and protect the private and family lives of the individual.
… (Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Art. 2) - Swedish…
Det allmänna ska verka för att demokratins idéer blir vägledande inom samhällets alla områden samt värna den enskildes privatliv och familjeliv.
… (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 1 kap, 2§)
Marriage and Family Life
- English… The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
… (Art. 67) - French… La loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- … les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités,
... (Art. 67)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishRules of periodic adjustment of the minimum salary or wage of the worker shall be set by law, to cover the normal requirements of his/her family, to improve worker's standard of living according to specific conditions of each economic region and activity. The law may also determine the method of fixing minimum salaries or wages for professions or trades.
… (Art. 66) - SpanishLa Ley establecerá la manera de ajustar periódicamente el salario o sueldo mínimo del trabajador, con el fin de cubrir las necesidades normales de su familia, mejorar su nivel de vida, según las condiciones particulares de cada región y de cada actividad económica; podrá determinar asimismo el método para fijar salarios o sueldos mínimos por profesión u oficio.
… (Art. 66)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) All persons, whether born in or out of wedlock, and whether born prior to the enactment of this article or not, are born equal, have equal status and are entitled to equal rights.
(2) Nothing contained in paragraph (1) shall be taken to affect vested rights. (Art. 149E)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishNo provision of the Constitution shall be construed or interpreted as rendering unconstitutional the Reform Laws indicated below, which aim to raise Turkish society above the level of contemporary civilization and to safeguard the secular character of the Republic, and whose provisions were in force on the date of the adoption of the Constitution by referendum:
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4. The principle of civil marriage according to which the marriage act shall be concluded in the presence of the competent official, adopted with the Turkish Civil Code No. 743 of February 17, 1926, and Article 110 of the Code,
... (Art. 174) - TurkishAnayasanın hiçbir hükmü, Türk toplumunu çağdaş uygarlık seviyesinin üstüne çıkarma ve Türkiye Cumhuriyetinin lâiklik niteliğini koruma amacını güden, aşağıda gösterilen inkılâp kanunlarının, Anayasanın halkoyu ile kabul edildiği tarihte yürürlükte bulunan hükümlerinin, Anayasaya aykırı olduğu şeklinde anlaşılamaz ve yorumlanamaz:
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4. 17 Şubat 1926 tarihli ve 743 sayılı Türk Kanunu Medenisiyle kabul edilen, evlenme akdinin evlendirme memuru önünde yapılacağına dair medenî nikâh esası ile aynı kanunun 110 uncu maddesi hükmü;
... (Madde 174)
Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) Every person has the right to personal privacy, which includes the right to—
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(c) respect for their private and family life.
… (Sec. 24) - iTaukei(1) Na tamata yadua e tu vua na dodonu kei na galala yadua, qo e okati kina na dodonu ni kena—
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(c) rokovi na nodra bula vakaitaukei kei na gauna vakavuvale.
… (Sec. 24)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. Family is the natural and fundamental unit of society and shall be protected by law.
2. All levels of government shall promote the welfare of the family and enact the necessary laws for its protection.
3. It is the right and duty of parents to care for and bring up their children.
4. Children shall not be separated from their parents or persons legally entitled to care for them against the will of such parents or persons, except in accordance with the law. (Art. 39)